Israeli politician, statesman and general (1922–1995)
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Yitzhak Rabin
יִצְחָק רַבִּין
Rabin in 1994
5th Prime Minister of Israel
In office 13 July 1992 – 4 November 1995
President
Chaim Herzog
Ezer Weizman
Preceded by
Yitzhak Shamir
Succeeded by
Shimon Peres
In office 3 June 1974 – 20 June 1977
President
Ephraim Katzir
Preceded by
Golda Meir
Succeeded by
Shimon Peres (acting)
Member of the Knesset
In office 14 January 1974 – 4 November 1995
Ambassadorial posts
1968–1973
United States
Ministerial portfolios
1974
Labor
1974–1975
Communications
1975
Welfare
1984–1990
Defense
1992–1995
Defense
1992
Labor and Social Welfare
1992
Jerusalem Affairs
1992–1995
Religious Affairs
1993
Education and Culture
1993–1995
Internal Affairs
1994
Health
Personal details
Born
(1922-03-01)1 March 1922 Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
Died
4 November 1995(1995-11-04) (aged 73) Tel Aviv, Israel
Manner of death
Assassination
Nationality
Israeli
Political party
Alignment, Labor Party
Spouse
Leah Rabin
(m. 1948)
Children
Dalia Rabin-Pelossof
Yuval Rabin
Profession
Military officer
Signature
Military service
Allegiance
Israel
Branch/service
Haganah
Israeli Defense Forces
Years of service
1941–1967
Rank
Rav Aluf
Battles/wars
World War II
Syria–Lebanon Campaign
Jewish insurgency in Mandatory Palestine
1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine
1948 Arab–Israeli War
Six-Day War
Yitzhak Rabin (/rəˈbiːn/;[1] Hebrew: יִצְחָק רַבִּין, IPA:[jitsˈχakʁaˈbin]ⓘ; 1 March 1922 – 4 November 1995) was an Israeli politician, statesman and general. He was the fifth prime minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–1977, and from 1992 until his assassination in 1995.
Rabin was born in Jerusalem to Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe and was raised in a Labor Zionist household. He learned agriculture in school and excelled as a student. He led a 27-year career as a soldier and ultimately attained the rank of Rav Aluf, the most senior rank in the Israeli Defense Force (often translated as lieutenant general). As a teenager he joined the Palmach, the commando force of the Yishuv. He eventually rose through its ranks to become its chief of operations during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. He joined the newly formed Israel Defense Forces in late 1948 and continued to rise as a promising officer. He helped shape the training doctrine of the IDF in the early 1950s, and led the IDF's Operations Directorate from 1959 to 1963. He was appointed chief of the general staff in 1964 and oversaw Israel's victory in the 1967 Six-Day War.
Rabin served as Israel's ambassador to the United States from 1968 to 1973, during a period of deepening U.S.–Israel ties. He was appointed Prime Minister of Israel in 1974 after the resignation of Golda Meir. In his first term, Rabin signed the Sinai Interim Agreement and ordered the Entebbe raid. He resigned in 1977 in the wake of a financial scandal. Rabin was Israel's minister of defense for much of the 1980s, including during the outbreak of the First Intifada.
In 1992, Rabin was re-elected as prime minister on a platform embracing the Israeli–Palestinian peace process. He signed several historic agreements with the Palestinian leadership as part of the Oslo Accords. In 1994, Rabin won the Nobel Peace Prize together with long-time political rival Shimon Peres and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Rabin also signed a peace treaty with Jordan in 1994. In November 1995, he was assassinated by an extremist named Yigal Amir, who opposed the terms of the Oslo Accords. Amir was convicted of Rabin's murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Rabin was the first native-born prime minister of Israel, the only prime minister to be assassinated, and the second to die in office after Levi Eshkol. Rabin has become a symbol of the Israeli–Palestinian peace process.
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